George Baker is Professor and Chair of Art History at UCLA. An editor of October magazine for the last twenty-five years, he previously edited the October Files 5, on James Coleman (MIT Press). His books include The Artwork Caught by the Tail (MIT Press) and Lateness and Longing.

Annie Rana is an independent researcher based in Los Angeles. She was previously Senior Project Manager at the Getty Research Institute, where she oversaw the Getty Research Portal. She worked with Tacita Dean on the artist's edition Monet Hates Me and on a related book of the same name.